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It worries me too and I've been thinking a lot about margaritas, I've been sober for four years so its troubling thoughts of alcohol are creeping back in. I don't know what else to say. Need a hug?
Wish I could give one
Are you going to the meetings?
What fucking meetings? For my alcoholism or for my depression about the future?
...If there's any for the latter can I get a hookup?
I think this is the meeting.
Hi everybody, my name is Zink @programming.dev and I am a democracyholic.
Hi Zink
https://aa-intergroup.org/meetings/
On line AA meetings. 24/7. The only requirement to go to AA is a desire to stay stopped. If you think your depression is going to make you drink, come talk about it.
SMART Recovery is a non-Christian substance abuse support group. Though it can be difficult to find an in-person meeting because AA is so prevalent.
https://meetings.smartrecovery.org/meetings/
I'm in NA meetings on discord. There's also a big God involved but just try to look besides that. They're open ans very welcome to anyone that wants to stop
AA is a Christian support group, if you don't believe in their God they won't help you.
If you look at the site I provided, you'll see that they have plenty of atheist/agnostic meetings [labelled 'secular.']
They also have a lot of LGBTQ+ meetings, as well as men only and women only options.
AA suggests people try to find a Higher Power of their own understanding.
These are religious meetings for addicts and alcoholics. The atheist and agnostic meetings are well-meaning but they talk about gods even more than at the non-secular meetings.
I am however delighted it works for you.
Yes it literally is. Or at the very least you have to "submit yourself to a higher power"
That's one of the steps yeah. And it's recommended to follow all steps but nobody is forcing you. You can just go as you want and try to follow the other ones as much as possible. Also a higher power could mean different things if you're creative enough.
You're not wrong. I've been sober for a long time and no longer go to support groups. If AA helped you then that's fantastic. I just think that there should be an alternative that's not based on religion.
Totally agree with that, but I've not found a decent one. So I'm glad that these ones are available because the NA one I'm joining is very supportive
Literally “as we understood Him” which is even worse. It’s gaslighting to pretend that “as we understood Him” isn’t just religious but also Abrahamic.